Intimacy or divorce? The paradox of peacemaking

Thoughts on the premier of 'My So-Called Enemy,' a documentary bringing viewers into the lives of six teenage girls from Israel and Palestine.

At the Canadian Premiere of Lisa Gossels's 2010 documentary “My So-Called Enemy,” last night in Ottawa, I was struck by a fundamental paradox of Middle East peacemaking. On one hand, the warring parties are being pushed by policymakers and many peace activists to separate. Amos Oz has famously described Israelis and Palestinians as an unhappily married couple, stuck in the same apartment, desperately...

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